Bill Text: NY S06265 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to allowing alcoholic beverages as prizes in any game of chance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-11 - referred to racing and wagering [S06265 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S06265-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6265 I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 6, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FUNKE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wager- ing AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to allowing alco- holic beverages as prizes in any game of chance THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 195-d of the general municipal law, as amended by 2 chapter 637 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows: 3 S 195-d. Charge for admission and participation; amount of prizes; 4 award of prizes. A fee may be charged by any licensee for admission to 5 any game or games of chance conducted under any license issued under 6 this article. The clerk or department may in its discretion fix a mini- 7 mum fee. With the exception of bell jars, coin boards, seal cards, 8 merchandise boards, and raffles, every winner shall be determined and 9 every prize shall be awarded and delivered within the same calendar day 10 as that upon which the game was played. [No alcoholic beverage shall be 11 offered or given as a prize in any game of chance.] 12 S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 190-a of the general municipal law, as 13 added by chapter 400 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: 14 3. No person under the age of eighteen shall be permitted to play, 15 operate or assist in any raffle conducted pursuant to this section. 16 WHERE ANY SUCH RAFFLE AWARDS A PRIZE CONTAINING ALCOHOL, NO PERSON UNDER 17 THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE SHALL BE PERMITTED TO PLAY, OPERATE OR ASSIST IN 18 SUCH RAFFLE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. 19 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13029-02-5